Patents by Inventor Hitoshi Tsuchiya

Hitoshi Tsuchiya has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160330378
    Abstract: In a camera system that includes a lens unit and a camera body, the camera body includes a blur correcting unit that performs blur correction in a plurality of directions, and a determining unit that determines whether the lens unit mounted onto the camera body is a lens unit that performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions. When the determining unit determines that the mounted lens unit is the lens unit that performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions, the camera body performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions at a camera body side blur correction ratio, and the lens unit performs the blur correction in the plurality of directions at a lens unit side blur correction ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160330377
    Abstract: In a camera system that includes a lens unit and a camera body, the camera body includes: an image blur detecting unit that detects image blur in a plurality of directions; an image blur correcting unit that performs image blur correction in the plurality of directions; a determining unit that determines whether a mounted lens unit is a lens unit that performs the image blur correction; and an image blur correction control unit that performs control in such a way that, when a determination result of the determining unit is true (Yes), the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction only in specific directions from among the plurality of directions, and that performs control in such a way that, when the determination result of the determining unit is false (No), the image blur correcting unit performs the image blur correction in the plurality of directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9491697
    Abstract: The terminal according to the present application includes: a communication module for scanning to detect accessible access points and connecting to one of the accessible access points; and a connection controller for targeting an identical accessible access point, which has been consecutively detected by a predetermined number of times of scans at predetermined time intervals among the accessible access points, for connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: SOFTBANK CORP.
    Inventors: Masayoshi Son, Hironobu Tamba, Masayuki Doi, Takafumi Okaniwa, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Younpyo Hong, Yasuhiro Noda
  • Publication number: 20160271973
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes supplying a radiation curable composition to a discharging head via a composition flow channel; and discharging the radiation curable composition from the discharging head, in which the composition flow channel includes a gear pump that causes the radiation-curable composition to flow in the composition flow channel, and an air supply mechanism that supplies air to the radiation curable composition further to the upstream side in the flow direction than the gear pump.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Masaaki ANDO, Keitaro NAKANO, Hiroaki KIDA, Toshiyuki YODA
  • Publication number: 20160242683
    Abstract: A component measurement apparatus includes: a first unit including a sensor module that receives first reflected light reflected at a measured portion, and that outputs a signal corresponding to light intensity of the first reflected light; and a second unit separately provided from the first unit, the second unit including a calibration plate that has a stable reflectance and that outputs second reflected light to the sensor module, the second reflected light being used for comparing the light intensity of the first reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2016
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Hideto ISHIGURO, Tsukasa EGUCHI, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Megumu ITO
  • Publication number: 20160238445
    Abstract: A component measurement apparatus includes: a sensor module that receives reflected light and outputs a signal corresponding to light intensity of the reflected light; a calibration plate that outputs first reflected light to the sensor module, the first reflected light being used for comparing the light intensity of the reflected light; and a calibration unit that switches the input reflected light to the sensor module between the second reflected light reflected at a measured portion, and the first reflected light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hideto ISHIGURO, Tsukasa EGUCHI, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Megumu ITO
  • Patent number: 9392537
    Abstract: The terminal according to the present application has a connection unit that connects to an access point for a communication network The terminal also has a connection control unit that scans a network registered in a connection list, subtracts access points registered in a exclusion list from the detected access points to identify access points to which connection is possible, initializes the exclusion list if an access point to which connection is possible is not identified and then again identifies an access point to which connection is possible, and selects an access point to connect to, out of identified access points to which connection in possible. The terminal further has a connection ending unit that, if the start of a connection to an access point registered in a duplicate exclusion list is detected, cuts the connection with the access point, and also deletes the corresponding network from the connection list.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: SOFTBANK CORP.
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Nakagawa, Masayuki Doi, Masayoshi Hosoi, Akifumi Kamada, Yasuhiro Noda, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Takafumi Okaniwa, Younpyo Hong
  • Patent number: 9386225
    Abstract: A shaking amount detecting apparatus includes an angular velocity sensor that detects yaw, pitch, and roll-angular-velocities, an acceleration sensor that detects X and Y-accelerations in X and Y-axis directions, radius calculating sections that respectively calculate a yaw-radius and an XZ-roll-radius on the basis of a yaw-angular-velocity, a roll-angular-velocity, and an X-acceleration at different times, a velocity calculating section that multiplies the yaw-angular-velocity with the yaw-radius to calculate a first component of an X-velocity, a velocity calculating section that multiplies the roll-angular-velocity with the XZ-roll-radius to calculate a second component of the X-velocity, an adding section that adds up the first component of the X-velocity and the second component of the X-velocity to acquire the X-velocity, and an integrating section that integrates the X-velocity with respect to a time period to thereby calculate a movement amount in the X-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Hisashi Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 9379157
    Abstract: An image acquisition device includes: an imaging unit which has a plurality of light receiving elements; a condensing unit which condenses light which is input to the light receiving elements, and includes a plurality of microlenses which are arranged one to one with the light receiving elements on a plane; and a band pass filter including amorphous silicon films on a path on which light from an object is input to the light receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Hideto Ishiguro, Tsukasa Eguchi
  • Publication number: 20160174847
    Abstract: An image acquisition apparatus includes an imaging section including a light receiving device and a light emitting section that is superimposed on the imaging section and illuminates a subject. The light emitting section includes a light transmissive first substrate, a light emitting device provided on the device substrate, a barrier section as a resin layer that defines a light emitting region in the light emitting device, and a light transmissive portion that transmits light reflected off the illuminated subject and guides the reflected light to the light receiving device, and the barrier section contains an insulating resin material and a light absorbing material. The barrier section absorbs light that is emitted from the light emitting region and could undesirably leak toward the light transmissive portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160173781
    Abstract: A camera system includes a lens having a first shake correction unit for correcting shaking on the basis of the amount of shaking which is detected by a first shake amount detector and from which a first reference value corresponding to an output value of the first shake amount detector kept in a stationary state is subtracted, and a body having a second shake correction unit for correcting shaking on the basis of the amount of shaking which is detected by a second shake amount detector and from which a second reference value corresponding to an output value of the second shake correction unit in a stationary state is subtracted. The camera system corrects a first reference value or a second reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160160062
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, which is stored in an storage body, including a pigment; a pigment dispersant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, in which water content is 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass % based on the total amount of the ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, and in which both the acid value and the amine value of the pigment dispersant are 50 mgKOH/g or less, and at least one of the acid value and the amine value thereof is 10 mgKOH/g or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki KIDA, Tetsuya AOYAMA, Keitaro NAKANO, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Toshiyuki YODA
  • Publication number: 20160129352
    Abstract: An example terminal device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, an LCD provided on the front side of the housing, analog sticks, and first and second buttons. The analog sticks are provided respectively in left and right portions of the LCD above the center of the housing. The first and second buttons are provided on the back side of the housing so as to generally correspond to the analog sticks on the front side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Kenichiro ASHIDA, Yositomo GOTO, Takanori OKAMURA, Junji TAKAMOTO, Masato IBUKI, Shinji YAMAMOTO, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Fumiyoshi SUETAKE, Akiko SUGA, Naoya YAMAMOTO, Daisuke KUMAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20160127649
    Abstract: An image blur correction apparatus includes: a blur correction actuator that corrects image blur by moving a lens or by moving an image sensor; a shake detection unit that detects a postural change amount of the imaging apparatus; a storing unit that stores three or more postural change amounts detected at different times; an estimating unit that calculates an estimate of a postural change amount after a predetermined time period on the basis of the three or more postural change amounts and on the basis of an approximation based on a temporal change in the postural change amounts; a blur amount calculating unit that calculates an image blur amount on the basis of the estimate; and a driving control unit that calculates a movement amount of a lens or image sensor to be moved by the blur correction actuator on the basis of the image blur amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160089063
    Abstract: The invention is provided to suppress a deterioration in the accuracy of measuring a component in a test object, which is caused by temperature variation due to irradiation with light. A blood sugar level measurement apparatus 10 includes a light emitting unit 110 that emits light toward a test object, a light receiving unit 112 that receives light that has been emitted by the light emitting unit 110 and has been reflected within or has passed through the test object, a light emission control unit 204 that performs control so as to cause the light emitting unit 110 to repeat a light emission state and a light extinction state, and a blood sugar level calculation unit 214 serving as a measurement unit that measures a component in the test object by using a result of light reception by the light receiving unit 112.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuhiro NISHIDA, Tsukasa EGUCHI, Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Patent number: 9272207
    Abstract: An example terminal device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, an LCD provided on the front side of the housing, analog sticks, and first and second buttons. The analog sticks are provided respectively in left and right portions of the LCD above the center of the housing. The first and second buttons are provided on the back side of the housing so as to generally correspond to the analog sticks on the front side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Nintendo Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Ashida, Yositomo Goto, Takanori Okamura, Junji Takamoto, Masato Ibuki, Shinji Yamamoto, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Fumiyoshi Suetake, Akiko Suga, Naoya Yamamoto, Daisuke Kumazaki
  • Patent number: 9272527
    Abstract: An ink jet method includes feeding an ultraviolet curing type ink jet composition from a composition storing body which stores an ultraviolet curing type ink jet composition, which contains a polymerizable compound and a hindered amine compound as a polymerization inhibitor, with a storing volume of the composition of 2.5 L to 20 L to an ink jet head through a channel, deaerating the ultraviolet curing type ink jet composition in the channel, and discharging the ultraviolet curing type ink jet composition from the ink jet head, in which an amount of a dissolved gas of the ultraviolet curing type ink jet composition after the deaeration is 30 ppm or less and an amount of a dissolved gas of the ultraviolet curing type ink jet composition stored in the composition storing body is 10 ppm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Aoyama, Hiroaki Kida, Keitaro Nakano, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Toshiyuki Yoda
  • Patent number: 9260618
    Abstract: There is provided an ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, which is stored in an storage body, including a pigment; a pigment dispersant; a polymerizable compound; and a photopolymerization initiator, in which water content is 0.05 mass % to 1.0 mass % based on the total amount of the ultraviolet-curable ink jet composition, and in which both the acid value and the amine value of the pigment dispersant are 50 mgKOH/g or less, and at least one of the acid value and the amine value thereof is 10 mgKOH/g or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kida, Tetsuya Aoyama, Keitaro Nakano, Hitoshi Tsuchiya, Toshiyuki Yoda
  • Publication number: 20160036423
    Abstract: An AD converter acquires first and second input values. A first multiplication unit multiplies a first tangent value, which is based on a first boundary angle based on a phase range of a reference value, by the reference value to calculate a first threshold value. A second multiplication unit multiplies a second tangent value, which is based on a second boundary angle based on the phase range, by the reference value to calculate a second threshold. A comparison unit determines whether the comparison value is within a particular phase range specified by the first and the second thresholds. The comparison unit determines magnitude of the comparison value when the comparison value is not within the particular phase range. A phase estimation unit updates the particular phase range to a phase range adjacent to a direction corresponding to the result of determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA
  • Publication number: 20160028958
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a follow shot control unit and a blur correction unit. The follow shot control unit calculates a panning angular velocity and a tilting angular velocity based on a first or second angular velocity for an image pickup device on the basis of magnitude correlation between the first and second angular velocities for image pickup device and on the basis of an inclination angle immediately before exposure and a ratio between the first and second angular velocities, when a state is a following shot state. The blur correction unit calculates an image blur correction amount on the basis of a difference between the first angular velocity and the panning angular velocity and a difference between the second angular velocity and the tilting angular velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hitoshi TSUCHIYA, Yoji OSANAI